📋 Tender Overview
Strategic Agendas Environmentally sustainable growth
Inclusive economic growth
Drivers of Change Gender Equity and Mainstreaming
Knowledge solutions
Partnerships
Private sector development
Sector / Subsector
Energy / Energy efficiency and conservation
Transport / Urban public transport
Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Some gender elements
Description The project will be aligned with the following impact: acceleration of electric vehicle deployment to increase energy conservation in the transportation sector, improve air quality, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The project's outcome will be transition to environmentally sustainable public transport initiated and project's economic viability proven. The three project outputs are (i) electric buses deployed, (ii) fast chargers installed, and (iii) DAMRI capacity enhanced.
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy
Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, is the 10th most congested city in the world and the largest city in Southeast Asia, with 11 million inhabitants in 2019. Greater Jakarta houses approximately 30 million people, many of whom commute to Jakarta daily. Greater Jakarta's rising population has resulted in growing vehicle ownership and congestion. From 2000 2018, the number of motorcycles grew by 13.7% annually to 120 million, passenger cars by 10.3% to 16 million, freight vehicles by 9.3% to 7.7 million, and buses by 8.6% to 2.5 million. Traffic congestion has led to estimated annual economic losses of $5 billion.
The Government has recognized the congestion problem and has prioritized the expansion of public transport options. The TransJakarta bus rapid transport system, introduced in 2004, has significantly expanded bus routes, reaching 265 million passengers in 2019. In 2018, an airport train to Soekarno-Hatta Airport commenced operations; and in 2019, the first underground line and phase 1 of Jakarta light rail transit (LRT) loop line corridor began operations. Phase 2 of the LRT loop line corridor from North to South Jakarta is expected to start operations by 2021, and eight more LRT routes are in the planning stage. These measures have contributed to reducing the traffic gridlock, but public transport is still inadequate and not sufficiently integrated.
Vehicle emissions contribute significantly to Jakarta's poor and worsening air quality. Vehicle emissions are responsible for 32% 57% of Jakarta's air pollution. The low quality of transport fuels, a lack of stringent vehicle emission standards, and growing vehicle numbers continue to exacerbate the problem. In 2019, Jakarta's fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations were four times higher than the World Health Organization's guideline. Jakarta observed the largest number of deaths due to PM2.5 pollution nationwide. Children, the elderly, and women are particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of poor air quality.
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